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Researchers have discovered a way to generate new human neurons from another type of adult cell found in our brains. The discovery is one step toward cell-based therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Petit point sur la maladie de Parkinson à l'occasion de cette Journée Mondiale consacrée.

A team of researchers from the University of Montreal and McGill University have discovered a type of "cellular bilingualism" – a phenomenon that allows a single neuron to use two different methods of communication to exchange information.